Judson allen



J. ALLEN.

HAY RIGKBR AND LOADER.

(N0 ModeL) No. 327,852. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

Jud e): Q7192 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUDSON ALLEN, OF HANNIBAL MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN OLIVER HOGG, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY RICKER AND LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,852, dated October 6, 18

Application filed April 6, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUDsoN ALLEN, of Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hay Itickers and Loaders,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved apparatus, showing the fork partly raised. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the fork in its upper position, and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the fork in its lower po sition.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for stacking hay, 850. 5 and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a base-frame to which is hinged a derrick, B, and frame or arms 0, to the free ends of which a fork, D, is secured, that may be provided} with projections I, to prevent the hay, 850.,-

slipping off before the fork has reached a vertical or nearly vertical position.

The fork may be of any suitable form or construction, and upon it the hay, &c., is placed when it is in its lower position. (See Fig. 3.)

The derrick is hinged a distance from the point that the arms are hinged to the base and toward the fork when in its receiving position from this pivotal point of the arms. The fork or outer ends of the arms is connected to the upper part of the derrick by rope or ropes J, and a rope, N, passes from the derrick down to the base or other fixed object, where it passes under a pulley, and to this rope power is applied to lift or elevate the fork. I prefer to pass this rope through pulley-blocks O, secured to the derrick and base, as shown. When the fork has reached its upper position, its movement is checked by a stop rope or ropes, I to which is connected a small weight, T, which will give a spring or cushioning effect to the ropes P, so that the fork will notbe brought to an abrupt Serial No. 161,260. (No model.)

stop, and this weight also acts to start the fork to fall or descend when the power that lifted it (the fork) is removed.

The ropes P connect the arms 0 to the derrick or other object.

Among the many advantages of a hinged swinging derrick working in combination with the hinged or swinging fork-frame over a stationary or fixed derrick there are two leading ones that I will mention-viz., first, the manufacture of the apparatus is considerably cheapened, because the swinging derrick does not have to bebraced and supported as a stationary or fixed derrick would, and for this reason the device is also less bulky and can be easily taken apart when desired; secondly, the advantage of a hinged derrick connected to the fork-frame and pivoted near the center of gravity of the fork-frame is that ,in moving in a circle as the fork-frame is raised it is always in the position to bear the burden of the upward and over movement of the draft required to raise the fork, and no more power is required to lift the fork the first part of its movement than is required to keep it moving after it is started, and the derrick being pivoted near the center of gravity of the fork with brace-ropes spreading out and connecting them does, in its upward and over movement, bear the principal burden and carries it up steady, though more hay is on one side of the fork than on the other.

The device can be used for loading as well as stacking hay.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the base, the fork frame hinged at one end thereto, the short derrick-frame hinged on the receiving side of the fork-frame and movable freely past the fork-frame in either direction, a rope connecting the derrick frame and fork-frame, and hoisting-tackle.

2. In a hay ricker or loader, the combination of the base, the hinged fork-frame O, the derrick B, having the lower end hinged at a point between the extremities of the forkframe when in its receiving position, a flexible connection, J, between the outer end of the derrick and the fork-frame, the hoisting derrick, and the weight depending from said mechanism, and the stop-rope P, fastened at rope at an intermediate point, substantially IO its respective ends to the fork-frame and the as and for the purpose set forth.

derrick, as and for the purpose set forth.

5 3. In a hay-rieker, the combination of the JUDSON ALLEN base, the pivoted fork-frame, the derrick In presence of hinged to the said base, the stop-rope fastened Gno. H. KNIGHT,

at its respective ends to said fork-frame and SAML. KNIGHT. 

